Demystifying the mystery of capital : land tenure and poverty in Africa and the Caribbean

this Is An Original Empirical And Theoretical Study Of The Use Of Law To Secure Land Tenure In The Face Of Poverty, Urban And Peri-urban Growth And Changing Social Structures. "This is an original empirical and theoretical study of the use of law to secure land tenure in the face of poverty, urban and peri-urban growth and changing social structures. How easy is it to replace customary law with individual land rights?; is this the road of poverty reduction and capitalist development, as de Soto suggested in The Mystery of Capital? The result of a research project commissioned by the UK Department for International Development, this multidisciplinary book offers case studies from Botswana, Trinidad and Zambia, and analyses wider issues, including colonial legacies that create illegality in peri-urban areas; the impact of HIV/AIDS on social structure and inheritance; and land readjustment approaches in customary areas. The book will be of interest to academics and policy-makers in the areas of land law, law and development, geography, development studies, land economy and human rights."--BOOK JACKET Introduction: Introduction: -- Robert Home and Hilary Lim Introduction: -- Robert Home and Hilary Lim -- Robert Home Introduction: -- Robert Home and Hilary Lim -- Robert Home -- Clarissa Fourie Introduction: -- Robert Home and Hilary Lim -- Robert Home -- Clarissa Fourie -- Hilary Lim Introduction: -- Robert Home and Hilary Lim -- Robert Home -- Clarissa Fourie -- Hilary Lim -- Chadzimula Molebatsi Introduction: -- Robert Home and Hilary Lim -- Robert Home -- Clarissa Fourie -- Hilary Lim -- Chadzimula Molebatsi -- Charisse Griffith-Charles Introduction:-- Robert Home and Hilary Lim-- Robert Home-- Clarissa Fourie-- Hilary Lim-- Chadzimula Molebatsi-- Charisse Griffith-Charles-- John Kangwa-- Conclusions. Content: Introduction: Demystifying the 'mystery of capital' / Robert Home and Hilary Lim -- Outside de Soto's bell jar: colonial/post-colonial land law and the exclusion of the peri-urban poor / Robert Home -- Land readjustment for peri-urban customary tenure: the example of Botswana / Clarissa Fourie -- Inheritance, HIV/AIDS and children's rights to land / Hilary Lim -- Botswana: 'self-allocation', 'accommodation' and 'zero tolerance' in Mogoditshane and Old Naledi / Chadzimula Molebatsi -- Trinidad: 'we are not squatters, we are settlers' / Charisse Griffith-Charles -- Zambia: 'having a place of your own' in Kitwe / John Kangwa -- Conclusions.